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'TBIBUTES TO A GEEAT NAME.
Expressions by American ^papers on the
Noble Outburst of Sympathy in the
Ohicago Convention.
»It will Ever be a Bright Page in the An
nals of American Politics.
The following are a few extracts gath
ered from the. comments of leading pa
person the scene which, followed the
ention of Mr. Blaine's name in the Chi
cago convention:
The resolution of sympathy for Blaine
his great family afflictions was an act
)t decent courtesy on the part of the
Ijhicago convention. But it was no mere
-mpty form. It expressed the- feelings
the Democratic party.—St. Louis Re
niblican.
Mr. Blaine has leceived many tributes
respect and affection in liis day, but
ie has never received one more cordial,
nore sincere or more comforting to the
•-Jicart than thib spontaneous expression
sympathy from the Democratic Con
ration.—Wilmington News.
1
It A
N as tribute from a great party to
determined antagonist, who is in sore
(Stress, and shows how the shadow of
bath silences the turmoil of everyday
,te. Such an expression mubt carry
-me consolation even to one so greatly
Hieavcd.—Watterson's Courier Journal.
'tf .The action of the National Democra
tic Com ention in adopting a resolution
,1 condolence with eK-Secretary Blaine
j'n hisfsad bereavement was beautiful and
oucfflng. The most pronounced pessi
nist liust in witnessing, sucu a spectacle
hink^better of his kind.—Detroit Free
Jressl
We^doubt if an American" statesman
ncl partisan ever before receive so high
'compliment. In it is a hearty recog
ution oi greatness and worth above party
onsideration, and a sympathy which ad
niration for the illustiious man must, to
\ery great extent, have inspired.—Cin
hinati Commercial Gazette.
It -will eAer be a bright page in the an
lials ol American politics that a Nation
il Democratic Convention^pauscd in tlie
midst of a heated contest to pay this
plcndid tiibute of tespect and sympathy
a great political opponent and to la}
token of manly sorrow upon the grave
—f his dead son.—New ark Journal.
It is cieditable to the good feeling and
uitriotism of the Democrats assembled
Chicago that in the presence of a great
miction they could foiget partisan eon
virions long enough to extend woids of
earty and generous sympathy to the
"Coiely afflicted statesman who lor a quar
ter of century has been their stoutest and
io-t uncompromising opponent.—Brook-
Times.
One touch of nature makes the whole
oild kin. "We do not remember a more
Efccting episode in the annals of Ameri
in polities than the sympathetic whirl
md of sentiment which overcame £and
o,sessed the Democratic National Con
dition at Chicago when the resolution
sympathy for James G. Blaine was of
red for consideration aud passed by
claim.—Philadelphia Record.
This little human episode in the Dem
iratic Convention will touch, we' are
ire, the heart of the nation. For the
nneiit the political walls were broken,
and the veil was lilted irom the
*(ne while the great Convention laid
tribute at the feet of the strong man
lio has been brought low, and whose
uicken heart must hunger after genuine
uman sympathy. It was a most im
icssive incident in tlie political history
the country.—Charleston News.
Mr. Blaine lias been a merciless oppo
nt of the Democracy—perhaps its
?t dangerous antagonist. Yet *-one
ach of nature" wiped away every con
deration of the past* and the sjmpathy
the Convention went out in a great
lumn to the afflicted Republican chief.
is safe to say that no other expression
compassion has affected him so much,
'e doubt not that the memory of this
ipressive incident will have a softening
Zect upon party feeling throughout the
»ming campaign.—Rochester Herald.
""Mr, Blaine will have the sympathy of
I Americans in the bereavement that
is cpme upon him so suddenly. His
jsses are many and heavy to bear. For.
jied though he may be against the dis
appointments and reverses of political
Jie has been too fond a parent to be
•pof against the succession of domestic
trrows he has had to sustain. Others
ill suffer by the death of Emmons
liine besides his father,but public sym
ithy will go out chiefly to the man who
jthe end of a great public career, ap-
pears to be the special victim of misfor
tunes and sorrows.—Philadelphia Ledger
"We do not believe there is an Ameri
can heart so seared even by political feel
ing to the pulsations of our common
humanity as not to be touched with a
deep and tender sympathy for Mr.Blaine
in his present anguish and affliction. The
heart of the nation goes out to him in
this, perhaps, the bitterest of all his cups
of sorrow, since it takes from him the
manly and promising son upon whom
centered the affection of his declining
years. Mr. Blaine has been called to pass
through personal trials far greater, than
fall to the average lot of man. Truly,
the ways of Providence are inscrutable
and past finding out.—New Haven Lead
er.
It is impossible not to pity the sorrow
of Mr. Blaine. However we may differ
from the man or dissent from his course
in public life, the heart beats in tender
sympathy for the afflictions that have
crowded into his later years. Partisan
ship stands silent in the presence of death
Political opposition is hushed in the
stronger ties of a common sympathy.
It is a magnificent picture of true great
ness, this heroic strife against the crush
ing weight of thwarted ambitions and
personal soirow. Mr. Blaine in all the
greatness of his magnificent statesman
ship has gh en no truer CA iclence of his
grandeur of soul and nobilty of manhood
than an his beautiful submission to the
higher wisdom that has \isitcd these sor
rows upon him. Great in his conquests,
great in his defeats, he is greater still in
his resignation to the will of Providence
It it is impossible not to admire the sin
gular grandeur and nobility of this man,
as fiom out the agony of each fresh and
heart-breaking sorrow he murmurs, "Thy
will, oh Lord, not mine be done."—Com
necticut Catholie.
BOLD ATTEMPT AT ROSBEEY
Two Masked Men Hold up a Passenger
Train near Kasota.
Bold highway and train robberies aic
being committed close to home. Friday
night on the Omaha road two masked
men made an effort to rob an express
car between St. Peter and Kasota. The
robbeis got on the tender of the engine
at St. Peter, and at a sate distance' from
the station they got dowrn in the cab
and ordered the engineer to stop the
train, threatening his life if he refused to
obe)\ One of the men stood guard over
the engineer and fireman while the other
one went back to the car. On his way
back he met a brakeman and ordered him
to halt. The brakeman did not seem to
understand him and kept on coming.
The robber then fired at him with a dou
ble barrel shotgun. Fortunately he miss
ed him. The brakeman was then march
ed up to the engine and told to stay
there.
The robbers then went to the express
car and rapped on the door. The mes
senger opened the door, thinking he had
ami ed at the station. As he did so he
looked into the barrel of a gun and was
ordered to throw up his hands. The
robber said "Where is your guard?"
The messenger answered "There is no
guard on the train." The robber then
got in the car and ordered the messenger
to open the safe. He did so. There was
a large amount of money in the safe, but
in opening it the messenger grabbed the,
money and dropped it behind the safe
unseen by the robber. Seeing that the
safe was* empty, they left the car with
curses and proceeded to the engine. The
engineer, and fireman were marched up
the track about half a mile. They were
told to go back to their train and the
robbers then disappeared in the woods.
Supt. W. A. Scott, of the Omaha road,
was one of the first to receive the news
and he at once wired to Kasota, Manka
to, Le Sueur and West Spring Lake, .of
fering a reward of one thousand' dollars
for the capture and identification of the
two men. This reward was increased to
$2,000 by the American express com
pany, and F. D. Adams, superinten
dent of the express company, left for
the scene Saturday morning in company
with a Pinkerton detective. Two or
three Chicago detectives in the employ
of the express company have also left
for the scene, and every effort will be
made to ferret the robbers out. Both
Supt. W. A. Scott and Supt. Naylor of
the express company, are confident that
the miscreants will be found, and will
spare no expense and leave no stone un
turned to bring them to justice.. They
think that onaccount of the stormy night
the robbers could not have gone very
far, and the police officers of the sur
rounding towns are on the hunt.
VOLUME XY. 1ST
O 26'. m~EW ULM, E O COUNTY, MEN^T., WEDNESDAY, 6, 1892.
»,* The Hew Eeview Press.
Below we give a cut of the new" ma
chine by which are turned out the week
ly editions of the ReviewL *It is an ex
cellent piece of machinery and its noise
less and perfect motion places it in the
front rank of printing presses. Twenty
six hundred an hour is its greatest speed
and from fourteen to fifteen hundred can
bj run off with very light poweiv The
power is furnished by a ^gasoline vapor
engine which can be run at small cost
and without the slightest trouble. Alto
gether it makes an outfit which is the
equal of that possessed by any of the
country offices of the State.
WEAVES IS NOMINATED.
The Iowa G-reenbacker will Lead the Peo
ple's Party Host.
Gen. Weaver of Iowa was nominated
by the People's P-\rt\ Convention at
Omaha on Monday on the first ballot," he
receiving 993 totes to 203 for Kyle.
Gre«mani\name was not presented. The
preamble of the platfoim was the work
of Donnelly. He as on the subcommit
tee having that work in charge and did
the work in a way that seemed to en.
thuse the audience, for upon the adoption
of the preamble'and platform the dele
gates went wild and whooped and howl
ed for twenty-five minutes. One of the
inspiring scenes during the march of the
delegates about the hall was a darky
standing on the shouldors of two white*
men and carried through the march. The
darkey cany an umbrella with a flag at
tached, wliich he swung aloft and yelled
as unearthly yells as he could out of his
capacious mouth. Upon the" conclusion
of the whoop'ng up. some dinger mount
ed the stand*of the chairman and led in
singing "Good-Bye, Old Party, Good
Bye." The delegates and many of the
audience joined in the chorus. Doc Fish,
of the Great West, at St. Paul, stood up
on his chair in Newspaper row,and shed
ding mock tears, wiped Iris eyes with a
mourning colored handkerchief. The
whole tw enty-fivc minutes was a Feurth
of July picnic for the participants. The
whole committee on resolutions stood
on the platform while it was being read,
but in the excitement the delegates took
the state standards, rushed to the plat
form and submerged committee, chair
man and everybody else. The names of
Weaver and Kyle were both received very
tamely. Tlie enthusiasm seemed to have
died out with the refusal of Gresham.
UNSPEAKABLY BKUTAL.
Hyena Like Puck ThrowsIts Ghonlish Sha
dow Across A New-Made Grave.'-
A Caricature which is A Disgrace to A
merican Journalism.
A witless and very vulgar cartoon car
icaturing Mr. Blaine appears on the first
page of the number of Puck which was
issued June 22. Evert if Mr. Blaine was
not at tins time bowed down under a
domestic affiction which entitled him to
the sympathy of every sensible heart, the,
performance of Puck would be an out
rase under the circumstances it is un
speakably brutal. It may, perhaps, be
said that the cartoon which* has excited
so mueh indignation and disgust among
decent people, had been prepared and
perhaps been printed before the news of
the death of Mr. Emmons BLainer"^That
makes no difference. The three or four
days intervening between the death of
Mr. Blaine's son and the publication
of this coarse and heartless insult, allow
ed plenty of time for reconsideration.
It would have been better to have recall
ed and suppresed the entire edition. J|§
In generous contrast with the perfor
mance of the Mugwump picture paper
is the act of the Democratic Convedtion
in Chicago on Tuesday, when the resalu
tiomof sympathy, for Mr. Blaine in his
bereavement provoked a remarkable de
monstration of his popularity as a man
The heartless and the hypocritical may
doubt the good taste of the demonstra
tion but of its sincerity, spontaneity
and cordial intent there can be no ques
tion.—New York Sun.
EAELY EVENTS BEOALLED.
An Interesting,Story Connected with the
Outbreak of the Siouxs.
ysfr'sft $
Deedjpf Bravery and Endurance that Have
V* a a
Tlie Mankato Reviewr of this week in
commenting on the death of W. Everett,
of Waseca recites a thrilling story of rhat
man's expierience at the opening of the
Indian war in 1862- It says fv*^"J*
Mr. "Everett and his family were mem
bers of the little colony which had
crossed the frontier, left a wide gap
behind them, and settled upon the banks
of that beautiful lake, within the terri
torial limits of what is now Murray
county.* This settlement was about 90
miles west of Mankato, and excepting
small colonies in Jackson county and at
Madelia, the intervening country was al
most wholly unoccupied government
land. It comprises all told about 45
persons of whom 15 were killed, 11 tak
en captive, and 19 escaped, most of the
latter severely wounded.
Mr. Everett and Mr. C. D. Hatch were
among the first to leach Mankato with
the news of the massacre—both quite
severely wounded. Mr. Everett had* re
ceived a rifle ball throngh the left arm
breaking the bone, another ball in his
ieft^eg six inches below his knee, and a
buckshot lodged in one of his feet. A
ball had passed through one ofMr.Hatch
hands, entering at the fingers and passing
out at the wrist, and another ball had
passed through the fleshy part of hi
right arm above the elLow.
The writer of this article interviewed
Mr. Everett and his companion upon
their arrival, and from them learned th
particulars of the massacre perpetrated
by a band of Sioux who had been in the
habit of visiting tne settlement and most
ot whom had been fed frequently by the
settlers and all kindly treated.
The trouble commenced by the mur
der of two men—Messrs Vott and Coqk
—the latter the first husband of tlie pres
ent Mrs. Hohmuth of this city. Mrs.
Hurd, whose husband had gone west
some clays before and was also killed,
gave the alarm to the other settlers, who
immediately collected tlie families at
one ot the houses.
They were but few in numbers, con
sidering the attacking force, and being
short of ammunition and means of de
fense, after consultation they decided to
abandon their homes and try to escape.
The women and children were placed in
ivagons, and the men acted as protectors.
The men were Messrs. Wm. Everett,
D. Hatch, W. J. Duly, John Eastlick,
Thos. Ireland, Edgar Bentley, Mr.Smith,
and another man whose name we did not
learn—eight in all.
They had travelled about two miles
from the lake when they were pursued
by the Indians. The women and child*
ren were taken from the wagons and
concealed in the tall grass. The Indians
attacked the men and at the first fire two
of the latter ran away. The whites otood
their ground courageously until Mr.East
lick was killed and the other five severe
ly wounded. Mr. Ireland was prostrated
with eighteen bullet holes in his body,
having been shot eight times—one ball
making four holes—and it was believed
fatally wounded.
At this juncture the Indians had come
within speaking distance, and ?aid that
if the women and children would come
out they would not kill nor harm them.
At first the women were unwilling to ac
cept this promise, but knowing they
were almost completely at the mercy of
the savages, and desiring to make the
best terms possible, they consented and
came out. The Indians took them in
charge and started off, leading tlie five
wounded and helpless men upon the bat
tle field.
In the fight a chief and four Indiati
warriors had been killed and others
wounded, fehow7ing that the whites had
done effective service.
Merton Eastlick, a lad of 12 years,fol
lowed the Indians and their captives a
short distance"and afterwards returned,
reporting that half a mile from the bat
tle-field they had killed all the captives
but three. It was afterwards ascertained
that they murdered Mrs. Everett and
babe, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Ireland and two
children, three Eastlick chjldren and .two
Duly children. The three women and
six of the children were murdered in
cold blood by an*Indian who had often
received food at the hands of his victims.
It was afterwarks stated that two of
Mr. Everett's little boys, hid in the grass,
were lost, and their bones were found in
the alL
Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Wright and MrsJuly
with eight children—eleven in all—were
retained as captives.
A little daughter of M. Duly, only six
years of age, was brutally murdered by
squaws. They threw the child upon the
ground, beat her across the face with
rawhides and then threw sharp knives at
her, three striking and inflicting wounds
that caused her death. Another "daugh
ter was afterwards shot in the arm, re
taining the bullet until rescued five
months afterwards.
Another child wras killed by squaws
in about the same way.
The day after the fight the Indians re
turned to the battle ground and found
Mr. Everett's daughter, LilUe, about six
years old, wounded in the side, Mrs.
Duly,, Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Cook took
change of har and while seated beside
them an Indian shot at the group, but
fortunately only their clothing was torn.
This child was afterwards struck on the
head by a squaw with a heavy stake,ren
dering her insensible for a time, and
fiom the effects of which see did not re
cover for along season.
A 12-year old boy, one of the captives
cried to go home, which so angered some
of the Indians that they killed him by
literally Gutting him to pieces with knives
and cutting chunks of fiesh from his limbs.
The wounded men hid in the tall grass
but as soon as the Indians had gone out
of sight thfey determined to make an ef
fort to escape. Mr. Everett was helped
to his feet, and with Hatch and Bentley
started towards Newr TJlm, but Mr. Duly
took a different direction. Mr. Ireland
was believed to be fatally wounded and
he was somewhere in the grass.
After walking about 16 miles' Mr
Everett and party overtook a neighbor
named Myers, who wa^ escaping with his
sick wife and four children in an ox
team. They were taken .in and contin
ued their journey nntil near New TJlm.
Here Meyers left the party to go into
town for'assistance. In so doing he was
jpursued by Indians but fortunately
reached there in safety.
After waiting a reasonable time for
his return, the party resumed their jour
ney, and avoiding New Ulm, finally suc
ceeded in reaching Crystal Lake, where
Company E of the Ninth Minnesota reg
iment, was encamped. Mistaking their
tents for Indian tepees the party left the
wagon and hid in a swamp. Fortunate
ly some of the soldiers saw them, they
were hunted out. taken to camp and af
terwards brought to Mankato.
From the day of the. fight until they
reached this city just eight days elapsed.
Their food during this period was chief
ly flour mixed in the sun, fearing that if
they built a fire it might lead to discov
ery by the Indians.
On the journey tbej- made several very
narrow escapes. When about forty miles
out they went to a house which they
found had been sacked by the Indians.
While there a party of savages was ran
sacking a house about ten or fifteen rods
distant, ajid. where they remained all
night. Mr. Everett and his party crept
upon their hands and knees to a pile of
brush where they concealed themselves,
until the Indians had gone. Next day
they could distinctly hear the firing of
guns, and were in constant fear that they
were being pursued.
As we stated before the Indians who
had tortured and murdered these settlers
had for three years been recipients of
many kindnesses at their hands. Three
days before the outbreak three tepe.es of
these supposed friendly Indians camped
at the fake., They came to Mr. Everett's
home to begammunition,saying that if he
would give them powder and lead they
would fight for him, one Indian going
so far as to assure him in great earnest
ness that if an Indian would shoot him
(Mr. E.) that he would kill the Indian.
Ammunition was freely given them, and
there is no. doubt but tins powder and
lead was used in murdering the whites
for the recipients of it were seen with
the murdering band, if $£&&
Merton, the 12-year old son of Mr.
Eastlick, who had followed the Indians,
was left on the ,battle ground with a
baby brother only 15 months old, woun
ded. TVIrs. Eastlick was also left upon
the ground, having gun shot wounds in
the back, in the heel of one foot and a
duqk shot in the head, and afterwards
was beaten by a young Indian with the
butt of his gua*to a condition of insensi
bility and as he supposed t)f tfeath. Mr.
Ireland was there, tbo aswe-hefore stated
terribly wounded Merton'Eastlick had
been told by his mother to take caxe ol
his baby brother, 3nd to take himioward
the settlement as far as he conb% and resides somewhere in Alabama.
WHOLE STUMBEB 756
supposing her to be dead, he started on
bis lonely mission. He found Mr. Ire
land lying upon* the ground, weak had
and suffering from his wounds. Ireland
thought there was no possible hope to
escape knowing the long distance inter
vening, and told the lad that they better
Remain and die together^ But Merton
refused, repeating his mother'sinjunction
and his determination to carry it out.
Ireland then instructed him as to the route
admonished him to caution from tlie In
dians, and the little hero started on* his
tramp of ninetv miles across an almmost
trackless prairie.. He made 16 miles the
first day, and 60 miles in all afoot, carry
ing his little brother on his' back, then
in his arms and occasionally leading Mm
by the hand *hort distances at a time,
living upon raw corn, bread crusts or
other victuals'such as he could find at
ransacked houses on the route.
Mr. Ireland was much encouraged by
the heroic conduct of the little fellow, he
determined to make an effort to save
himself, and he too, started on his lonely
journey. The rain which followed the
fight and occasional brief showers after
wards, it is thought, washed his wounds
and thus strengthened him for the task.
He overtook the Eastlick children and
for awhile they traveled together.
%VIrs. Eastlick revived, and after dark
following the battle crawled to where
her husband lay, but found him cold in
death, and supposing her children dead
she started for the settlement, traveling
mostly at night and hiding in the swamps
in day time. She tried to eat corn and
it made her deathly sick. At a deserted
house she caught and killed a chicken,
and tearing the breast into shreds which
she dried in the sun, she strengthened
and sustained herself by eating. This
meat and several ears of raw corn as her
only food until rescued. She met a mail
carrier, who carried her to a station
known as "Dutch Charlie's"—Chas. Zier
ke's—50 miles west of new Ulm, where
she was surprised and delighted to* find
two of her children, 3I"r. Ireland and Mrs.
Hurd and two children.
After resting they journied on to
gether* to another station known as
"Brow 25 miles, j»nd sending Mr. Ire
land ahead they remained there. The
sixth day after the battle he reached
New Ulm, where Lieut. Roberts and a
detachment of Co E, Ninth Regiment,
stationed at t}iat point, was sent to their
relief and brought the .party to that place
fiom whence, under escort, they were
brought to this city.
Merton Eastlick was a, slim, delicate
lad. He grew to manhood here, but af
terwards moved to Rochester, where he
died several jears ago. We question
whether history furnishes a parrallel to
biavery, determination and physical en
durance shown by this lad. The infant
brother whom he carried this long (Us
ance—John Eastlick—is now a farmer
and icsides in this county.
The captives were taken* to Yellow
Medicine Agency* and remained there
a week or ten days. The camp was di
vided and the captives taken to the Mis
souri river They traveled from ten to
thirty miles a day and reached tlyiir des
tination about the 27th of October. The
women walked all the way? forded
streams, chopped wood, carried water
and performed all the menial labor of
the camp under supervision of squaws*
They were treated with every possible
indignity and were objects xf barter be
tween the Indians, .Mrg. Duly being
sold four or five times, the consideration,
being once a bag of shot, then a couple
of blankets and several times a horse.
Her little -girl was was sold once, ffr a
gold watch and again for -iwo yards of
cloth. ^These captives, consisting of Mrs.
Duly and two children, Mrs. Wright and
child, two Ireland children and Mr. E
verett's daughter were ransomed by
friendly Yanktons, who paid a horse for
each, and they in turn were compensated
by the government. They were with the
White Lodge band of Sioux, and where
rescued in Dakota about one hundred'
miles north of Fort Pierre.gfT
Mr. Duly remained at Mankato, was
appointed chief of scouts under Col. Mil
ler, and to Mm was awarded the honor
of cutting ,the -ppe holding the platform
of the scaffold upon ^jhich the thirty-eight
condemmed Souix stood at the time of
their execution, and the serving^f which
gave them a most vigorous boost toward
there "happy hunting grounds.'!"^ The IfJ||l§!1|
first blow of the ax missed, but thesecond
completely Ssevered the rope. The day of
the execution he learned of the ransom
of his wife and other captives. For some
years he lived in this county, but now